The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-07-13
FROM BAR HARBoR.
The Class of People Who Visit the
Great Resort.
Not a Large Number of Visitors Yet
at the Island.
The Green Mountain Railroad Open
Distinguished Arrivals



freedom from business cares away from city
hurry and tumult. he should pack his ward
robe and 90 down to Bar Harbor. Unlike
various other watering places this one pos
seses not that degree of monotony which so
often leads to WEAKNESS and staleness and
debility Of mind. The pleasures, amuse-
ments and joys which one experiences here
are many and varied in the extreme. Over
done fashion, style and an excessive amount
of ''frills" are not INDUCED in to that extent
and degree of giddiness by the populi of Mt
Desert which SO generally characterizes sum-
mer resorts. and which more often borders on
the dd absurdum. Life here with rustica-
tors is wholly elemental in its nature and
those who seek it and enjoy it the most are
chiefly of the careless, off-handed, go-as-you-
please kind Of people.
Aristocratic ingredients are wanting here
in the compound of social mixture. Very
few care to subsist on purely high-toned
substance. The people who constitute the
great mass of Bar Harbor's summer popula-
tion, it is true, are of the most wealthy. most
highly accomplished, most obseryant to the
rules of fashion, and most stylish class that
can be found in the country. But they do
not always deem it expedient to follow out
strictly fashions DEGREES nor confine them
selves closely to rules of etiquette. They
come down East to have good time, and
this they are bound to have in the easiest
and most comfortable way available, c0nte
gil conte. Dress is not their idol, nor mon
ey their queen. They care not for the cost,
provided they receive good time in exchange
for their extravaganza. Fine silks and sat
ins and English broadcloths are in most
cases left at home for city meanwhile cheap
er and palmer apparel are resorted to ON the
coast. The toughest ways are affected often
by those who figure among the highest cir
cles of society. To dress cool or warm ac-
cording to the temperature, to have plenty to
eat, and that, too, of the richest and most
wholesome kind, to sleep sufficiently long,
are to them the chief necessaries and luxu-
ries of a seaside existence. They love
amusement, but generally in the mildest
forms-select dinner parties, rides, boating,
tennis games and casual evening hop. A
few hundred dollars spent during the sum-
months at the seaside in sporting is consid-
cred by men of pecuniary means money
proftably expended. They have the money
to spare-most Of them-they enjoy spend
ing it and no doubt the natives here are
equally glad to receive it,
People whose good fortune or misfortune
it has been not to have seen any of the bril-
liant displays of the gay and giddy coterie
nor cared to spare the time G. t taking trip
to this famous resort are apt to entertain
lofty and fabulous ideas of what it costs to
enjoy a few weeks vacation at Bar Harbor.
Real estate here is very high and it requires
considerable money to purchase standing
room in the village. But one can buy first
class dinner or supper here at Bar Harbor as
cheap as in the country. He is also able to
hire comfortable bed at reasonable rates.
No, Bar Harbor is not the best place to spend
money there is in the world 1t is quite true
teat everybody is on thes make" which ac-
counts, perhaps, for the high priced paid for
board and for the use of cottages. The ho-
tells are large and the seasons are mostly
short Landlords are obliged to pay high for
help, for provisions, and the expense
of keeping their houses in repair during the
rest of the year is no small item. But not
withstanding all these obstacles, il is allowed
one of limited means to spend few days at
Bar Harbor comparatively cheap. There
are many places in the village of high re-
pute where the stranger is Hospitality enter
tanned with good food, good drink, good
lodgings, and with the presence of a good-na-
tured landlord and. pretty maid-serants to
aid digestion for so iper day, and 1 dare say
that there are many places to be obtained
equally as good for $1.c0 per day.
If one aspires to act the gentleman in all
respects, the seaside dude, the extIavagant
fop, the millionaire if you please, he must
expect then to pay for This foolery as every
where else, and that too most dearly. If he
wants to live high, to carry "strong hand'
and at the same time sleep on the lower
floor, he must of course defray the expenses
of his sinful career. He can get accomm)-
dated in this style, perhaps, for $50
or $40 per week, and quite certain
more. If he rides in costly chaises,
top buggies, Ebuckboards. cutunders drawn
by blacks and grays, twice of three times
day, no doubt the proprietors would charge
him something extra. 1t is within the means
of all to live at Bar Harbor, provided he does
it in accordance with the size of his pocket
book, in highly respectable kind of way.
The hot weather of late has not driven so
many to the coast as were expected. Many
new arrivals, however, are announced each
day and the hotels are fast being filed with
guests. The work about the central part of
the town is now nearly completed and the
workmen have withdrawn to the outer dis
tricts. while many of them have been dis
charged. The hotel brewer is fast nearing
completion and will be ready for use about
the first of August Thr new club house is
finished and is now occupied by members of
the club. The grounds around it are look
ing splendidly. 1t is Illuminated each eve
ming by the new electric light.
The Green Mountain railroad is now open
to the public and largeInumbers enjoy a daily
excursion TO the Tip Top House.
Many yachts are now anchored just off the
steamboat wharf together with squads of
row boats. Among the yachts are the Dread
nausht, Lorlei, Percy H., North Star, Fleet
ing and several others of the Eastern Yacht
Club.
The room formerly occupied in the new
Block by the Record folks has been elegant
ly furnished as Office for the Mt. Desert
Real Estate Company. The carpet and fur
niture cost over $780,
The Record office is now in the eastern
end of the building.
Members of the Spanish, Swedish and
Austrian Legation are now stopping at Bar
Harbor. Mr.. Helzar of the British Legation
will arrive soon.
A Brilliant Wedding.
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